The Guardian Spotify app shows the latest album reviews and gives users the chance to listen to tracks, give them a star rating and share with other users of the music streaming service.

The launch of the app, which has been developed jointly by the Guardian and Spotify, follows the development of a new version of the music service.

The updated Spotify platform allows commercial partners to build apps that tie in with Spotify for the first time.

"We hope it's a great way for Guardian and Spotify users to discover new music and to share and discuss what they find," said Piers Jones, product manager of the Guardian Spotify app.

On Wednesday GNM also revealed that the Guardian's Facebook app has been installed by more than 4 million users since it launched in September. This is generating almost a million extra page impressions per day. More than half – 56.7% – of the app's users are 24 and under, and 16.7% are 17 and under.

Earlier this month Spotify announced that it had reached 2.5 million paying subscribers, as the pace of growth accelerated following the company's launch in the US and plugging in to Facebook's new entertainment platform.

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